Athens Community High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, IL)

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THE ATHENIAN 1937 CLASS WILL Wishing to be remembered in future years in A. C. H. S., we the class of 1937, have decided to be- queath our valuable personal gifts to the underclassmen most able to make the best use of them. For this reason we are publishing this paper, our last will and testament. As executors of this, our last will and testament, we do hereby appoint our patient and long- suffering pedagogues. We, as individuals, do hereby bequeath our earthly property as follows: Ralph Primm bequeaths his Barrymore profile to John Basso. Larry Markey bequeaths his charming manner with the ladies to Warren Hopwood. Meredith Hurt wills her straight “A’s” to Edward Woods. Bob Fulkerson leaves his fiery temper and red hair to Edwin Beccue. Marguerite Stone wills her flapperish ways to Katherine Kincaid. Dorothy Walsh bequeaths her giggles to Mildred Allen. Evelyn Ahrenkiel wills her brand of perfume to Jean Graham. Reggie Pugsley bequeaths his typing ability to Allie Hannibal. Thomas Wood leaves his speech-making ability to Betty Primm. Gwendolyn Cline bequeaths her weight to Mae Sexton. Don Cronister wills his charming grin to Bob Fisher. Austin Stott leaves his place in the Band to Harold Wilcox. Emory Eden bequeaths his height to Dorothy Perkins. Virginia Sanderfield bequeaths her story writing ability to Billy Satorius. Nelli Barnes wills her spelling ability to Don McKean. John Henrickson wills his quietness to Jim Markey. . Ella Beccue wills her dimples to Maxine Derry. Gerald Lawson leaves his height to Bob Beaver. June Van Meter bequeaths her vocal ability to Mary P. Campbell. Marcella Schneider wills her wavy hair to Lorraine Williams. James Rodell leaves his job as cheer leader to Harry Engel. David Beaver wills his leading roles in plays to Bob Eddy. Don Wilcox wills his printing ability to Harold Cantrall. Mary Ingram bequeaths her gymnastic strength to Lorraine Boylan. James Pierceall wills his job as stage manager to Edward Engel. William McLavish wills his basketball ability to Jack Allen. William Zschoche wills his bashfulness to Jane Eckler. Merritt Fitschen wills his quietness to Henry Alinger. Harold Hawkins wills his singing ability to Kennedy Kincaid. Don Thrasher leaves his managership of noon games to Carl Engel. Albert Eden leaves his mechanical ability to Walter Pautsch. Clair Briggs wills his black hair to George Olson. Margaret Johnson leaves her executive ability to Lillis Eddy. Kenneth Hill leaves his seat in Bookkeeping class to Paul Thrasher. And thus, we the class of 1937, do hereby set our hand and seal on this, the first of June, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-seven. [12] JANE McKEAN.

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ATHENS C. H. S. a radio announcer. We turned on the radio and sure enough we located him at the Columbia Studios. Television had been in for quite a while, so we saw him as well as heard his clear, deep voice as it floated over the airwaves. As we listened, to my surprise, he introduced Harold Hawkins. He was a well known baritone singer on the radio. I’d always said he had a future. Just then James Pierceall and Albert Eden came in. James was a politician cam- paigning for election in the judicial branch of the government. Albert was a mechanic in one of the most frequented garages in San Pedro. James Rodell was the President of the Illinois Central Railroad line. He had mar- ried a pretty little actress and was living contentedly in Chicago. Marguerite Stone had married a salesman and had a very charming cottage in Miami, Florida. Mary Ingram was her seamstress so her wardrobe was always up to the minute in fashion. Marcella Schneider was a model in one of the large department stores in Milwau- kee. Jane McKean, who had won first in several dramatic contests in school, was now a teacher of dramatics in the University of Iowa. Bob Fulkerson had gone to Indiana to set up a dance studio, and was teaching students ballroom dancing. He was doing very nicely for himself. He had some fifty members in his class. Ella Marie Beccue was teaching Home Management at the Athens High School. Margaret Johnson was a cooking instructor in her own school in St. Louis. The ladies who attended came away with praise for her. Kenneth Hill had been left a fortune by one of his relatives so he was on his way around the world. John Henrickson, who was a wealthy farmer, accompanied him. Ralph Primm was a Farm Bureau adviser in Peoria, Illinois. All the farmers who had any trouble came to him and he straightened them out. Austin Stott who had always in his schooldays, been sort of carefree and gay was now a serious minded, struggling, young doctor in Des Moines, Iowa. Suddenly I was wide awake and sat bolt upright in bed. A smile flitted across my face as I realized that I had dreamed all these things. I often wonder whether any of my dreams will come true. NELLI BARNES. 111J

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ATHENS C. H. S. Back row: Wood, Hannibal, G. Olson. Messersmith, Wiseman, C. Jones, Alinger, Fisher Third Row: Golladay, H. Wilcox, P. Thrasher, Hart, Hughes, Cantrall, Basso, K. Thrasher. Second Row: Miss Mitchell, B. Primm, Bennett, Traylor, Hopwood, H. En- gel. Canterbury, N. Diehl, M. Allen. First Row: McCutcheon, McCorkle, G. Hurt, Eckler, H. Engel, M. Jones, J. Graham, Zook, M. Engel, Adams. President ..................Robert Fisher Vice President .......................Paul Thrasher Secretary ..................Harry Engel Treasurer ..................Glenith Hurt Student Council Member. .Hermina Engel Reporter ...........................Warren Hughes Adviser ....................Miss Mitchell After three years the class of 1938. which entered A. C. H. S. in the fall of 1933 with forty-three members, has dwindled until only thirty-three of the original number now remain. However, Eugene Messersmith, a transfer student from Williamsville, makes a total of thirty-four. At the very beginning of the present year, thoughts turned to the raising of funds for the annual Junior-Senior Banquet in May. The class sold candy all year and gave a Junior play to finance this social event. This year, as in the two previous ones, the class has participated in nearly all extra-curricular activities as well as attaining scholastic excellence. Last fall the baseball diamond attracted several of the boys and during the basketball season four of the squad came from our numbers. This spring the track team also drew a few. Many of the class are interested in dramatics and other literary work, while others have been lured by the band and glee club. Over half the class are members of one of the two vocational clubs, the Athenian Homemakers and the F. F. A. Throughout the year social gatherings have been more numerous than heretofore. Often other classes joined us in our fun, and we in turn were their guests. With three years of high achievement an incentive to keep our record the best, we shall return next year to complete our high school careers. H3 J